God sanctified the seventh day, and nearly three hundred years passed before anyone thought of attendeding Church. Think about it! Then a weak and frail preacher named Enos came along...

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Gen. 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of
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3 TYPES OF FASTING AND God’s 9 main purposes for fasting. Link included to Powerpoint and formatted text version.

A “Fast” Message
Is. 58:6-8
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I. Definition
Fasting=a voluntary withdrawing from food and/or drink, or other fleshly appetite, for a specified period of time.
3 most basic types of
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In what has been called his "high priestly prayer" we hear Jesus’ prayer for each of us.

“I’ll pray for you.” Those are comforting words, aren’t they? We take it as a sign of love when someone offers to take the time to pray for us. When a friend, or a relative, or a brother or sister in Christ says, “I’ll pray for you,” we are always thankful for their thoughtfulness.
Although our
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The story of Robinson Crusoe and the truth he learned from his salvaged Bible teaches us the priority of prayer.

The Untold Story of Robinson Crusoe
Psalm 50:1-15
Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister
First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO
1. Preview: For the near future, my Sunday evening messages will have a single purpose and single focus. I want to preach and teach so as to help us as a church
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The sermon lays the foundation for a fuller devotion to the praying for the church and believer.

Getting Serious About Prayer
Jeremiah 33:3
Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister
First Christian Church, Vandalia, Mo
Do you believe in prayer? Really believe in prayer. This is how one lady came to believe. This supposedly true story started this way:
One summer Saturday morning, a
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First of All Pray—Part 2
1 Timothy 2:3-8
Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister
First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO
Gallagher, the wacky comedian with Sledg-o-matic that he uses to squish all sorts of fruits and vegetables on stage, likes to point out that we humans are a strange lot. He
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God Gave me this one while I was hunting deer. At the end of the day, the sun was going down and still I had not harvested an animal? It takes more than you think to have a successfull harvest! hunting (physical harvest VS the church (Spiritual harvest)

Please take a moment to place your vote. If you have an idea for an improvement, I am very teachable. My e-Mail is pastorbrian@greenrivernazarene.com
Mt 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
Mt 9:38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to
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A Message for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

“OBEDIENT TO DEATH”
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
NOVEMBER 13, 2005
Intro: Today we are going to spend some time remembering the fact that across the world millions of Christians live in fear of arrest, torture and even death for following Christ. I want to show you
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Sermon#2 in a Series focusing on the gifts the children received while in Narina and how those gifts relate to the Gifts we recieve as Christians. Sermon focus is on God’s care for us as we cry out to Him in our desparation. Susan’s horn illustrates this.

Susan received two gifts during her journey to rendezvous with Aslan as she and her siblings attempt to save her brother Edmond. She received a quiver of arrows with a bow to shoot them with, and a horn. The bow and arrow is an obvious reference to the forceful offense that would be needed to
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The second in a series exploring Jesus prayer of John 17. With the background layed in the first message, this message begins to explore Jesus petitions, with the first petition to "Keep/Protect." An audio copy of the message is available at no charge.

(Launched sermon by showing the passage as portrayed in recently released "The Gospel of John" movie.)
Sensed Purpose -
To prepare us for our 40 Days of Prayer by looking at some possible thoughts of what we might want to remember about prayer and include in our prayers.
Last week
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OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO LUKE 11:1 and EPHESIANS 1
1. In Luke’s gospel, LUKE records for us a time when the disciples had a important question.
a. They were struggling with an issue. They were unsure…
b. How are we supposed to pray? Read passage…
2. Prayer has been a topic of discussion for many
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This sermon seeks to encourage believers to renew their confidence in prayer with emphasis on Petitionary and Intercessory prayer.

Would you believe that a Christian could lose confidence in prayer? Well, I contend that a Christian can. Now, for most of us we would not want to admit that we’ve lost confidence in prayer; that is perhaps because of our piousness or human pride. But a person can lose confidence in their
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Pentecost, the birth of the church, came while the disciples were gathered in a prayer meeting.

READ: Acts 1:12-14
The disciples returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, where they had just witnessed the most phenomenal event; right before their very eyes Jesus ascended into Heaven, to sit again at God the Father’s right hand in glory. But before He was taken up, He gave them
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Supplication
We now come to the last letter of our acronym - ACTS. We are at Supplication. Dr. John R. Rice wrote a fairly thick book basically saying that prayer is asking or what we think of as supplication. I agree with this premise. However, in study for this message I found it
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